HARRISON COUNTY, Texas — An East Texas man is dead following a one-vehicle crash in Harrison County.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. troopers responded to a fatal crash on County Road 4419, just north of Longview.
The investigator's preliminary report indicates the driver of a pickup truck, identified as Jotham R. Suggs, 63, of Gilmer, was traveling north on CR 4419 at an unsafe speed. DPS says Suggs lost control of the vehicle in a curve in the roadway.
The vehicle traveled off the road and struck a tree.
Suggs was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to a Marshall funeral home.
The crash remains under investigation.
